PRINTER'S NO. 1014
No. 751 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY CREIGHTON, METCALFE, BAKER, BELFANTI, BOYD,
CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CLYMER, COX, DENLINGER, EVERETT,
GEIST, GIBBONS, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARRIS, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY,
HESS, HUTCHINSON, JAMES, KAUFFMAN, KENNEY, KORTZ, McILHATTAN,
MILLARD, R. MILLER, MUSTIO, PAYNE, PICKETT, RAPP, READSHAW,
REICHLEY, ROHRER, SAYLOR, SCHRODER, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY,
R. STEVENSON, SWANGER, THOMAS, VULAKOVICH, YUDICHAK,
HORNAMAN, PERRY AND ROAE, MARCH 22, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS,
MARCH 22, 2007
AN ACT
1 Providing for a memorandum of understanding between the
2 Commonwealth and the United States Department of Justice or
3 Department of Homeland Security.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Short title.
7 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Security and
8 Immigration Compliance Act.
9 Section 2. Law enforcement.
10 (a) Memorandum of understanding.--The Pennsylvania State
11 Police is authorized and directed to negotiate the terms of a
12 memorandum of understanding between the Commonwealth and the
13 United States Department of Justice or Department of Homeland
14 Security concerning the enforcement of Federal immigration and
15 customs laws, detention and removals and investigations in this
1 Commonwealth.
2 (b) Signatures.--The memorandum of understanding shall be
3 signed on behalf of the Commonwealth by the Commissioner of
4 Pennsylvania State Police and the Governor or as otherwise
5 required by the appropriate Federal agency.
6 (c) Training.--The Pennsylvania State Police shall designate
7 appropriate law enforcement officers to be trained pursuant to
8 the memorandum of understanding. The training shall be funded
9 pursuant to the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations
10 Act, 2006 (Public Law 1009-90, 119 Stat. 2064) or any subsequent
11 source of Federal funding. The provisions of this subsection
12 shall take effect upon the provision of the funding.
13 (d) Enforcement.--A law enforcement officer certified as
14 trained in accordance with the memorandum of understanding shall
15 be authorized to enforce Federal immigration and customs laws
16 while performing within the scope of the officer's authorized
17 duties.
18 Section 20. Effective date.
19 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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